Watch Dalai Lama today on Discovery Times
Not many knew about the Second Petra Conference held last month in the Jordanian town of Petra where 25 Nobel laureates including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Elie Wiesel gathered to
New Term of Kalon Tripa Begins 15 August
After winning the final round of elections with an overwhelming majority of nearly 91 percent, Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche will begin his second, successive term as the Kalon Tripa from 15 August.
The train from hell
The Tibet Express is a triumph of technology. The new, high-speed railroad runs from Beijing, the capital of China, to Lhasa, the former capital of occupied
Midwife plans trip to Tibet
For inhabitants of the remote mountain community of Gargon, Tibet, the nearest medical clinic is five hours away by Jeep over rough terrain. “That, of course, assumes you have a Jeep
<i>Milarepa</i> weaves celluloid magic with spiritual wisdom
A Tibetan Buddhist monk has transferred to celluloid the inspirational life story of eleventh century Tibet’s greatest mystic, visionary, wizard and poet Milarepa. Simply titled Milarepa, the movie was screened at the ongoing Osian’s-Cinefan 8th Festival of Asian Cinema
A tete-a-tete with exile Tibetans’ hottest music band
JJI Exile Brothers Band Jamyang, Jigme and Ingsel, three brothers, an interesting and young talent of contemporary Tibetan music from Tibetan refugee hotbed of Dharamsala have
An Indian perspective on the Tibet issue
To understand what the Tibetan issue is there is no better way than to understand Chinese history by comparing it to our own history during the British rule
Belleville Tibetan wins multicultural festival pageant
A Tibetan youngster in Belleville town of Ontario, Canada has won the Waterfront & Ethnic Festival pageant on July 7. Seventeen-year-old Rignam Wangkhang
Doordarshan to air Tibetan filmmakers’ documentary
A documentary film directed and written by two India-based exile Tibetan filmmakers will be aired soon on Doordarshan, India’s national television channel
TIPA draws tears and cheers in Australia
Tibetan Institute of Performing Art’s (TIPA) 16-member Tour is in Sydney. With their exquisite costumes, native instruments and marvellous shows they have